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murder
rank Tue Aug 11 10:36:02
Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 billion for AI buildout

Nvidia said on Monday it has partnered with six major financial institutions to launch compute financing platforms aimed at ‌raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on X that the company has the option to backstop up to $125 billion, or 25% of the poential deals.

The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing ⁠institutional investors, as governments, companies and startups race to build out data centers to support AI workloads.

Big Tech companies have signaled that spending on AI would not slow down, with combined outlays set to surpass $730 billion this year.

Nvidia signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, for the financing platforms.

The initiative is intended to broaden access to Nvidia-based infrastructure among frontier AI developers, enterprises, governments and ‌cloud ⁠providers, while creating longer-duration, usage-linked investment opportunities for large asset managers and private capital firms.

"These financing platforms will help customers access scarce compute at scale and build the AI factories that will power every industry and country in the ⁠age of AI," Huang said.

Nvidia said the arrangements would "create dedicated pools of capital at significant scale at attractive rates" for its customers.

The company did not disclose ⁠the financial terms, investment commitments by individual firms or a timetable for deploying the planned $500 billion.

The Financial Times had reported the development first ⁠on Monday, later confirmed by Reuters.

https://ww...ng-deal-ft-reports-2026-08-10/

murder
rank Tue Aug 11 11:28:02

Republicans stay awake at night worrying about socialism and communism, but capitalism is going to be the end of capitalism.

These constant cycles of dumb money chasing dumb money chasing greed are going to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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jergul
rank Tue Aug 11 12:08:05
Lol, Nvidia wants to offer financing to buy Nvidea cards. 500 billion worth of product in fact :D.

williamthebastard
rank Tue Aug 11 12:11:54
Not to mention the race between primarily usa and china means nobody dares even mention that this potentially devastating tech should be getting the hell regulated out of it in a sane world that thinks more than 2 years ahead.

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murder rank	Tue Aug 11 10:36:02 Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 billion for AI buildout Nvidia said on Monday it has partnered with six major financial institutions to launch compute financing platforms aimed at ‌raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on X that the company has the option to backstop up to $125 billion, or 25% of the poential deals. The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing ⁠institutional investors, as governments, companies and startups race to build out data centers to support AI workloads. Big Tech companies have signaled that spending on AI would not slow down, with combined outlays set to surpass $730 billion this year. Nvidia signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, for the financing platforms. The initiative is intended to broaden access to Nvidia-based infrastructure among frontier AI developers, enterprises, governments and ‌cloud ⁠providers, while creating longer-duration, usage-linked investment opportunities for large asset managers and private capital firms. "These financing platforms will help customers access scarce compute at scale and build the AI factories that will power every industry and country in the ⁠age of AI," Huang said. Nvidia said the arrangements would "create dedicated pools of capital at significant scale at attractive rates" for its customers. The company did not disclose ⁠the financial terms, investment commitments by individual firms or a timetable for deploying the planned $500 billion. The Financial Times had reported the development first ⁠on Monday, later confirmed by Reuters. https://ww...ng-deal-ft-reports-2026-08-10/
murder rank	Tue Aug 11 11:28:02 Republicans stay awake at night worrying about socialism and communism, but capitalism is going to be the end of capitalism. These constant cycles of dumb money chasing dumb money chasing greed are going to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. -
jergul rank	Tue Aug 11 12:08:05 Lol, Nvidia wants to offer financing to buy Nvidea cards. 500 billion worth of product in fact :D.
williamthebastard rank	Tue Aug 11 12:11:54 Not to mention the race between primarily usa and china means nobody dares even mention that this potentially devastating tech should be getting the hell regulated out of it in a sane world that thinks more than 2 years ahead.
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